Surah Al-Baqarah (البقرة) • The Cow

Quran 2:257

2:257

ٱللَّهُ وَلِىُّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ يُخْرِجُهُم مِّنَ ٱلظُّلُمَـٰتِ إِلَى ٱلنُّورِ ۖ وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ أَوْلِيَآؤُهُمُ ٱلطَّـٰغُوتُ يُخْرِجُونَهُم مِّنَ ٱلنُّورِ إِلَى ٱلظُّلُمَـٰتِ ۗ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَـٰبُ ٱلنَّارِ ۖ هُمْ فِيهَا خَـٰلِدُونَ

al-lahu waliyyu alladhīna āmanū yukh'rijuhum mina l-ẓulumāti ilā l-nūri wa-alladhīna kafarū awliyāuhumu l-ṭāghūtu yukh'rijūnahum mina l-nūri ilā l-ẓulumāti ulāika aṣḥābu l-nāri hum fīhā khālidūna

Allāh is the Ally of those who believe. He brings them out from darknesses into the light. And those who disbelieve - their allies are ṭāghūt. They take them out of the light into darknesses. Those are the companions of the Fire; they will abide eternally therein.

— Saheeh International

God is the ally of those who believe: He brings them out of the depths of darkness and into the light. As for the disbelievers, their allies are false gods who take them from the light into the depths of darkness, they are the inhabitants of the Fire, and there they will remain.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Allâh is the Walî (Protector or Guardian) of those who believe. He brings them out from darkness into light. But as for those who disbelieve, their Auliyâ (supporters and helpers) are Tâghût [false deities and false leaders], they bring them out from light into darkness. Those are the dwellers of the Fire, and they will abide therein forever. (See V.2:81,82)

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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ٱللَّهُal-lahuAllah
وَلِىُّwaliyyu(is the) Protecting Guardian
ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna(of) those who
ءَامَنُوا۟āmanūbelieve[d]
يُخْرِجُهُمyukh'rijuhumHe brings them out
مِّنَminafrom
ٱلظُّلُمَـٰتِl-ẓulumāti[the] darkness
إِلَىilātowards
ٱلنُّورِۖl-nūri[the] light
وَٱلَّذِينَwa-alladhīnaAnd those who
كَفَرُوٓا۟kafarūdisbelieve(d)
أَوْلِيَآؤُهُمُawliyāuhumutheir guardians
ٱلطَّـٰغُوتُl-ṭāghūtu(are) the evil ones
يُخْرِجُونَهُمyukh'rijūnahumthey bring them out
مِّنَminafrom
ٱلنُّورِl-nūrithe light
إِلَىilātowards
ٱلظُّلُمَـٰتِۗl-ẓulumāti[the] darkness
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَulāikaThose
أَصْحَـٰبُaṣḥābu(are the) companions
ٱلنَّارِۖl-nāri(of) the Fire
هُمْhumthey
فِيهَاfīhāin it
خَـٰلِدُونَkhālidūnawill abide forever